Re: No "My Network Places" on desktop.

Try booting into Safe Mode with networking and try again to see what
happens. If it works in Safe Mode with networking then some startup
application/service/process is causing the problem.

Steve


"PVR" <peterv666@.adelphia.com> wrote in message
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I followed your suggestion contained in your post of Oct 24 as follows

Try running the command ipconfig on the desktop. When you find it's IP
from
the laptop in the run box enter \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is
the IP of the desktop computer. What happens??>

Peter.



"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You receive that reply when - after running what command??


"PVR" <peterv666@.adelphia.com> wrote in message
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I receive a reply which says "The Filename, Directory name or volume
label syntax is incorrect." I hope you can help here.

Peter.

"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Try running the command ipconfig on the desktop. When you find it's IP
from the laptop in the run box enter \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of the desktop computer. What happens??

Steve

example of ipconfig

D:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.201
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1


"PVR" <peterv666@.adelphia.com> wrote in message
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I have two PCs on a home network. Both PCs use WinXP/2. The desktop PC
is
connected to the router via Ethernet wire. The laptop is connected
wirelessly. Both PCs can access the Internet. Both can access Outlook
Express for emails and NGs. Both PCs can ping each other (after
configuration of the software firewall) and "localhost" etc.

In Start the laptop displays "My Network Places" below "My Computer."
In
Start the desktop does not display "My Network Places." I can access
shared
files on the laptop from the desktop. I cannot access shared files on
the
desktop from the laptop. I set up both PCs alongside each other so
that both
would be configured the same.

How do I obtain "My Network Places" on my desktop?

Thanks in advance,

Peter.












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